STATE v. McCORVEY

No. 43218.

199 N.W.2d 151 (1972)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. James Arthur McCORVEY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

June 9, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Paul Jones, Public Defender, Mollie G. Raskind, Asst. Public Defender, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., St. Paul, George M. Scott, County Atty., Henry W. McCarr, Jr. and David G. Roston, Asst. County Attys., Minneapolis for respondent.

Heard before KNUTSON, C. J., and ROGOSHESKE, PETERSON, and KELLY, JJ.


OPINION

PER CURIAM.

Defendant, indicted for second-degree murder and convicted of first-degree manslaughter after a jury trial, appeals from judgment of conviction, contending that the evidence was insufficient as a matter of law to support the verdict in that the state did not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that defendant's act was not justifiable. After a careful review of the record we conclude that the evidence, viewed most favorably to support a finding...

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